
Survivors recount narrowly escaping Ida's wrath
Ida ripped apart the lives of residents in Houma, Louisiana, leaving behind destruction and heartbreak. Mireya Villarreal shares more.
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Ida ripped apart the lives of residents in Houma, Louisiana, leaving behind destruction and heartbreak. Mireya Villarreal shares more.
After wreaking havoc on the Gulf Coast, Ida is headed north. CBS New York chief weathercaster Lonnie Quinn has the latest forecast.
Two deaths in Louisiana and two in Mississippi have been blamed on Ida.
The National Weather Service has forecasted a heat index value of up to 103 degrees.
New Orleans and Baton Rouge are under a heat advisory as thousands go without power.
"I was going to stay alive one way or another, even if I had to turn the sofa over on top of me," one resident said. "I was going to survive this."
Rescue operations are ongoing along the Gulf Coast after Ida pummeled Louisiana as a monster Category 4 hurricane with winds that reached 150 mph. Mireya Villarreal reports.
A massive emergency response is underway after Hurricane Ida blasted the Gulf Coast. The storm delivered its hardest blow to Louisiana, where residents who evacuated were urged to stay away while first responders look for survivors. CBS News correspondent Michael George joined "CBSN AM" from Bridge City, Louisiana, to discuss.
As search and rescue operations continue and cleanup efforts get underway in Louisiana, residents are returning to homes left destroyed by Hurricane Ida. Mireya Villarreal reports.
More than 750 people are helping with the search and rescue efforts, while over 25,000 linemen are trying to restore electricity.
The man's wife told authorities he was in his shed in Slidell, Louisiana, in high water from Ida's storm surge when she heard a commotion.
Search and rescue operations are underway after Hurricane Ida slammed the Louisiana coast, leaving about one million homes and businesses without power.
Some people in Louisiana are fighting for new trials after being convicted under so-called "Jim Crow juries." Up until just a few years ago, people accused of a crime in the state could be convicted without a unanimous jury decision. Wesley Lowery joins CBSN AM with a preview of his new 60 Minutes+ report on the issue.
More than a million customers in the New Orleans area could be without electricity for days or longer after the power system was decimated by Hurricane Ida. Omar Villafranca takes a look.
Flooding caused by Ida and the debris left in its wake have made roads across Louisiana impassable, affecting rescue efforts. Jonathan Vigliotti reports.
As Ida marches north, flood alerts stretch from the Gulf to parts of New England. CBS New York chief weathercaster Lonnie Quinn has the latest forecast.
Ida has weakened after hitting Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane, but it is expected to continue dumping rain as it moves to the northeast, raising the risk of dangerous flash flooding. CBS News meteorologist and climate specialist Jeff Berardelli joins CBSN's Tanya Rivero with the latest forecast and a look how climate change is making hurricanes even more hazardous.
Hurricane Ida has been downgraded to a tropical storm after fierce winds and rain caused damage across Louisiana, leaving huge areas without electricity. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca joins CBSN from New Orleans with the latest.
Ida struck Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane as hospitals and intensive care units in the state remain filled with coronavirus patients. Dr. Toni Gross, chief of the emergency department at Children's Hospital New Orleans, joined CBSN to discuss the latest.
Hurricane Ida is hitting Louisiana 16 years to the day that the same area was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Officials built new levees and other protective measures to prevent the same level of disaster from happening again. Janet Shamlian reports.
As Ida weakens and moves from Louisiana into Mississippi, heavy downpours are still expected to cause flooding across the area. CBSN anchor Vladimir Duthiers reports from Holden, Louisiana on the conditions there, and then speaks with Michael George, who's on the ground in New Orleans.
A U.S. official says as many as five rockets were fired at the airport in Kabul this morning as the U.S. withdrawal enters its final stages. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang joined CBSN with the latest on evacuation efforts, plus federal assistance to the state of Louisiana after Hurricane Ida made landfall.
At least one death reported from one of the strongest storms to ever hit the U.S. mainland.
The storm made landfall at 12:55 p.m. ET as a Category 4 storm with 145 mph winds at Port Fourchon, Louisiana, and has since been downgraded.
As Hurricane Ida made landfall at Port Fourchon, Louisiana, New Orleans' mayor and other top emergency officials warned residents to stay home and hunker down. "There's nobody coming right now," said Collin Arnold, New Orleans' top emergency official. Watch the news conference and read more here.
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